Bottle-stopper



(No Model.)

G, G. VOLL'MER BOTTLE STOPPER.

No. 546,720. fat nted'se t. 24, 1895.

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BOTTLE-LSITOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,720, datedSeptember 24, 1895.

Application filed May 22, 1895- Serial No. 5601 (N model-l To all whomit may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUsTAvE O. VOLLMER, a resident of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accom .panying drawings, forminga part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in bottlestoppers; and it consistsin the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter de scribed, and set forth in the claims.I

The object of my invention is to so construct a bottle-stopper that itmay always be in connection with the bottle and applied and removed whendesired.

It is also so constructed that one needs no corkscrew, punch, or anyother means by which to remove the cork or stopper, as at present donein the bottles now on the market.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my completeinvention applied to a bottle. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same,showing the stopper partly open. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same withthe stopper entirely removed therefrom. Fig. 4 is a detail verticalsectional view of the stopper attached to the yoke. Fig. 5 is a top planview of the same. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the casting which issecured to the yoke. Fig. 7 is an end view of the same. Fig. 8 is adetail end or side elevation of the stopper detached from the casting.

In the drawings, 1 indicates an ordinary bottle, to which my device isapplied, which consists of a wire 2, acting as a yoke, having its ends 3turned or formed as hooks 4, which are held and guided in eyes 5, formedin a lever-wire 6, which is held and pivotally secured in a neck-wire 7,firmly held to the neck of the bottle, so as to prevent the said partsfrom becoming disconnected therefrom when the stopper is closed andopen.

8 is a casting, which is pivotally secured to the upper horizontalportion of the yoke and held thereto by cars 9, formed on the upperportion of said casting 8. 7 When said wire 2 is placed within thegroove 10 between the ears 9, they are then bent inward at their upperends, as shown by the numeral 11, thereby partly inclosing the wire 2,thus leaving enough play, so that said casting may freely swing. At thelower portion of said casting 2 and cast integrally therewith is a bossor projection 12, having its under surface provided with two inclines,producing the same effect as a cam. Through the center of said casting 8and about the depth of the boss is a hole or depression 3 for theinsertion of a pm. hole 14, having its lower surface countersunk, asshown at 15, so as to permit the head of the pin to rest and also toprevent the pin from becoming disconnected therefrom.

16 is the pin previously mentioned. Said pin is cast integrally with thestopper-plate 17 and is straight and when entered into the casting 8 isthere riveted integrally at its up per end with a head 18, so shaped tosnugly fit into the large opening or hole 14 of the casting 8. Aroundthe pin 16 and upon the surface of the stopper-plate is a boss 19, (seeFig. 8,) which is similar to the boss 12, formed on the casting 8. Saidboss 19 has also its surface inclined and meshes with the inclines uponthe boss 12. The stopper-plate 17 is provided around its surface with agroove 20, in which a, rubber washer or ring or any other material isplaced, so as to prevent leakage when said stopper is closed. Theinclined boss 19 is much smaller in diameter than the stopper-plate 17,measuring about one-third, and said boss 12 being the same in diameter.The reason said boss is so much smaller than the stopper-plate is sothat it will not turn the stopper when the casting 8 is being turnedupon the stopper-plate.

By experimenting it has been found that if the inclined bosses weremadelarger or about the diameter as shown in patents to J. Rockenwalt,dated October 20, 1885, No. 328,520, W. Winkel, dated July 13, 1880, No.229,850, W. G. Steinmetz, dated October 1, 1878, No. 208,647, and F. H.Brady, dated October 30, 1877, No. 196,624, of record, they have atendency to move the stopper in the mouth of said bottle, therebywearing out the rubber washer or packing material when the upper inclineis being slid upon'the lower. By making the incline bosses as small aspossible they have a better efiect and do not move the aforesaid platewhen in operation in tightening.

I am well aware of the fact that there are Immediately above the hole 13isa large I patents allowed with inclines, as are shown in patentsbefore stated, but all have the inclines on the outer edge of thestopper.

By using a casting 8 I prevent the wire on yoke from becoming twistedwhen a pressure is placed upon the yoke in order to tighten the stopperfor shipping or storing.

It has been found that placing the wire or yoke through a small opening,as shown in patent to \Vinkel, dated July 13, 1880, No. 229,850, it hasa tendency to twist said wire, as there is lost motion and the bearingsurface is very small.

The operation of my invention is as follows: When the bottle is filledthe stopper and its parts are in the position as shown in Fig. 3. It isthen placed as shown in Fig. 2, and finally as in Fig. 1. It is nowready for tightening. The stopper-plate being in and upon the mouth ofsaid bottle the lever-wire is then pressed downward against the neck ofthe bottle and the wire is then moved around a sufficient distance untilthe lower point 21 of the upper incline boss 12 is at its highest point22 of the lower incline boss. WVhen this is done it is firmly sealed forshipping. Vhen desired to uncork said bottle the wire 2 is moved in theopposite direction, as in tightening, when the lever is raised, andthereby raising the stopper from its normal position.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. In an improvedbottle stopper comprising a casting, having at its under side anincline, ears formed at the'end of the upper portion, a wire placedbetween said ears, said ears bent over said wire to hold the same, saidincline meshing with a like incline upon the top of the stopper plate,substantially as shown and described.

2. In an improved bottle stopper comprising an elongated casting, saidcasting provided at its upper ends with cars, a groove formed in saidcasting, a wire placed in said groove, and formed as a yoke, said earsbent over said wire and holding same therein, a hole formed in thecenter of said casting for the insertion of a pivot, a boss formed onthe under side of said casting and having an inclined face, saidinclines meshing with an incline upon the stopper plate, substantiallyas shown and described.

3. In an improved bottle stopper comprising a casting of an elongatedform, said casting formed with cars so as to clamp over a Wire, a bossformed at the under side of the casting and having inclines, a stopperplate having an inclined boss upon its upper surface, a pin formed inthe boss, and adapted to fit in an opening in the casting, and hold saidcasting thereto, substantially as set forth.

4:. In an improved bottle stopper, composed of two parts, the upper partor casting having at its lower surface an inclined boss 12 cars providedat its upper corners, for the purpose of lapping over and held to a wire2 a stopper, having at its upper surface an incline boss, a pin locatedin the center of said boss, and adjustably held in an opening in thecasting, for the purpose as shown and described.

5. In an improved bottle stopper, comprising a stopper plate, a boss orinclined projection, located at its upper surface, and about one-thirdits diameter, a pin forming part of said boss, and located in the centerthereof, and loosely connected to a casting which is movably secured toa yoke, a boss or inclined projection secured to its under surface,having a tendency to mesh with the other inclined projection andoperated by said yoke, thereby firmly sealing said bottle when thelowest point of the upper incline is upon the highest point of the lowerincline, substantially as shown and described.

6. In an improved bottle stopper, the combination of a stopper plate, aboss upon said plate, provided with inclines, a pin in the center ofsaid boss and forming part thereof, said pin loosely secured in acasting, a boss locatedat the under surface of said casting, said bossalso provided with inclines which mesh with the inclines upon the lowerboss, ears located upon the upper portion of said casting, a wire oryokeplaced between said ears, and held therein by said ears, said yokepivotally secured to a lever wire for the purpose of locking the same,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GUSTAVE C. V OLLMER.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EICKS, GEO. F. LANE.

